Anzac Centenary Local Grants Program

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The Anzac Centenary Local Grants Program is providing up to $125,000 to each electorate to enable and empower communities across Australia to commemorate the Centenary of Anzac in their own way.

Amongst the diverse range of projects to receive funding are:

the re-enactment of recruitment marches in a number NSW and Queensland electorates

the projection of the names of the 849 First World War Fremantle soldiers on the Fremantle Town Hall during the Fremantle Festival

the broadcasting of the 2015 Anzac Day dawn service from Cronulla Park, NSW

the restoration of a First World War Mark VI Field Ambulance and General Service Wagon which will be used in First World War Centenary Parade and placed on permanent public display at Old Gippstown, Gippsland Heritage Park, Victoria

various First World War exhibitions and displays across Australia.

More than 1,700 Anzac Centenary Local Grants Program applications were received and grant agreements have been executed for the majority of projects funded.